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Vale of Glamorgan

Shows the general election results for Vale of Glamorgan, which is a constituency in The Vale of Glamorgan. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 73,959 and a turnout of 72.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Alun Cairns
Majority
2,190
Electorate
73,959
Turnout
72.6%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 47.5%
Lab 43.4%
PC 4.3%
LD 1.9%
UKIP 1.6%
Green 0.8%
WEP 0.3%
Pirate 0.2%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Alun Cairns  Con 25,501 47.5 1.4
Camilla Beaven  Lab 23,311 43.4 10.8
Ian Johnson * PC 2,295 4.3 -1.3
Jennifer Geroni * LD 1,020 1.9 -0.7
Melanie Hunter-Clarke * UKIP 868 1.6 -9.1
Stephen Davis-Barker * Green 419 0.8 -1.3
Sharon Lovell * WEP 177 0.3 0.3
David Elston * Pirate 127 0.2 0.2
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab PC LD UKIP Green WEP Pirate CISTAP Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship Oth
2005 37.4% 40.8% 5.2% 13.2% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.6%
2010 41.8% 32.9% 5.5% 15.2% 3.1% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2015 46.0% 32.6% 5.6% 2.6% 10.7% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 47.5% 43.4% 4.3% 1.9% 1.6% 0.8% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
570 Vale of Glamorgan 4.1%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
533 Vale of Glamorgan 47.5%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
150 Vale of Glamorgan 72.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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